Pickled Beets
Ingredients
- 3-6 medium sized beets
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 2 Tbsp pickling spices in cheesecloth
- thinly sliced red onions, optional
Instructions
- Cut off stalk and root from beets and cut large beets in half.
- Mix sugar, vinegar, water and pickling spices.
- Bring to a boil and add the beets.
- Cook until the beets are soft. (They are done when a fork easily pushes into them.)
- Remove beets from liquid, but save the liquid.
- Slide the skin off the beets and slice evenly. (I use an egg slicer.)
- If using, mix in some thinly sliced red onion.
- Put beets and onion (if using) in jars, pour the liquid over them and seal.